Government agencies in California exercise significant power over people’s lives. A city can deny a permit. A county can order a property demolished. Police can make an arrest. Code enforcement can shut down a business. Not every exercise of that power is lawful. But an unlawful government decision is not automatically a civil rights violation…. Read more »
Government authority in the United States is not unlimited. The federal government operates within the powers the Constitution grants to it. State governments exercise broad authority, but they operate within both the federal Constitution and their own state constitutions. Local governments in California exercise only the authority state law grants to them. That structure of… Read more »
Defending individual liberty, constitutional protections, and private rights from government overreach, arbitrary enforcement, and regulatory abuse. Civil rights protect individuals and businesses from unlawful government action, abuse of authority, and violations of core constitutional freedoms. When a public agency, building inspector, school district, municipality, or state actor interferes with your protected liberties, the impact on… Read more »
